Grandma and Grandpa Visit

Mom and Dad visited us last week. We had a great time at the pool, eating and relaxing. I got some good naps in, and even a bike-ride. One week goes by so quickly.

Coleman is already asking to call Grandma and Grandpa. I think he misses them already. Eliza just loves to be held and talked to, so she was a happy girl all week.

Summer Fun

Summer's here at last! We had a lot of fun outside today playing in the sandbox, in the pool, and in the swing. Coleman likes to order me around, especially when I am paying attention to Eliza. He's still very jealous of the attention I give her.

Its Time To Clean Up

Coleman is such a great "cleaner-upper". He will ask for the "wipe-cloth" all the time so he can wipe the table, his face, hands and anything else that needs wiping. Yesterday I made pizza dough and he helped by pushing flour onto the floor. I told him he'd need to clean it up so he happily got the broom and started sweeping. Then I gave him a washcloth and he went to town, even wiping the flour off my feet. He laughed and said "It feels nice!' as he wiped my toes.

Coleman is very creative with his eating. He likes to have jam on his banana, peanuts with his cantaloupe, raisins with his chocolate graham cracker fish. He is also adventurous with his eating: he loves cheese like his mama. He asked for goat cheese yesterday, and loves the sheep's milk feta cheese we have. Perhaps he'll be a chef?

Eliza's Bath

I posted this video on my Facebook page, so forgot to post it here. Eliza loves her bath time so much right before we put her down for the night. She is getting more and more expressive these days as well.

Coleman is learning that we pick up after ourselves before we move onto the next thing. Today we were going to go outside and play in the pool, but Coleman had been playing with colored pencils. He ran over to the colored pencils, grabbed a bunch and put them back in the box, and continued until they were all put away. I didn't even tell him! I rewarded him with two jellybeans.

Life is beginning to have some order to it 9 weeks after Eliza arrived. She and Coleman both go to bed at 6 each night. She is getting better and better about putting herself to sleep so often I lay her down at 6 and then I'm done! Praise God for an easy going baby. :)

Eliza

Some pictures of Eliza, my little sweet-pea. She's smiling more and sleeping better and better these days. Coleman is learning how to interact gently with her. Although today he did say he wanted to wrestle with her.

Holding hands

Coleman is learning how to hold hands and shake hands, so he's practicing with Eliza. I also showed him how she'll grasp his finger, and he really liked that too. He loves to bring her her pacis too.

Coleman has had two successful visits to the potty in the last 3 days! I'm so proud of him. I'm hoping to move him to his toddler bed in the next month or two.

Snotty Nose

I found this old video and found it so gross I laughed out loud. Enjoy!